From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 16 09:27:30 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C81581065673 for ; Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:27:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nvass9573@gmx.com) Received: from mail.gmx.com (unknown [213.165.64.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3716C8FC21 for ; Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:27:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nvass9573@gmx.com) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 16 Jul 2009 09:27:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (EHLO [192.168.1.11]) [79.107.186.90] by mail.gmx.com (mp-eu004) with SMTP; 16 Jul 2009 11:27:27 +0200 X-Authenticated: #46156728 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX189LqRYqt893g//3dHHmxsrdwBhlMRFezVPv4zV9L EuYmFE+Yu4yjwL Message-ID: <4A5EF26A.9070709@gmx.com> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:27:06 +0300 From: Nikos Vassiliadis User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (Windows/20090605) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20090715184054.GD29667@tamay-dogan.net> In-Reply-To: <20090715184054.GD29667@tamay-dogan.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.52 Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PPPoE server (high traffic in WDM network) X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:27:31 -0000 Michelle Konzack wrote: > I am ongoing to install a CWDM (1GE) and DWDM (10GE) network for the > Alvarion BreezeACCESS VL (38 base stations) and more then 200 Iskratel > FTTH DSLAMS of 96 ports (each with 100MBit, but only one 1GE Upstream) > each. So, you'll have 96*200 possible PPP clients. How many concurrent PPP sessions do you care to support? And more importantly, how much aggregate bandwidth? > What I now need are a PPPoE Severs (round-robin and loadbalancing) which > must work using FreeRadius and PostgreSQL. Don't understand what you mean round-robin and loadbalancing? Read below. > There was someone on the which has suggested me to use > FreeBSD, because the PPPoE it is already build to authenticate against > Radius. FreeBSD has a RADIUS library in base. The two notable users of libradius are ppp and net/mpd. The only choice in a ISP environment I think is the net/mpd5 port. Read the outline here: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/net/mpd5/pkg-descr It is very good and is actually used in large setups. > So, what I like to know is, if I have a 1GE and 10GE network, how many > clients can one PPPoE Server handel and what are the CPU/Memory > requirements? Can't reply, but keep in mind that filling a 10GE pipe is a hard task on its own. I *think* having more low fidelity BRASs, will serve your needs better that a few high fidelity ones. > [snipped] > > Note 1: Even if I use a Sun Fire, I would prefer a microBSD > running from an industrial SD/CF card. MicroBSD seems OpenBSD based. Can't comment on this. You can try NanoBSD and TinyBSD which are FreeBSD based and I believe can fit the bill. These two run with their filesystems read-only mounted which is ideal for flash memories. Nikos